Day 27 - Mile 1391 - 1458 (67 miles, 891 ft ascent, 1225 ft descent) - Brewery Count: 6

Ingram - Johnson City, TX

Daily Route

Daily Elevation

For some reason I didn't sleep too well in the hotel.  Although, it was a good choice since it seemed to rain all night and the wind was pretty strong.  The alarm was set for 6:45 AM, but I was awake by 6:30 AM and just turned if off before it turned on.  I was glad that Tim got up first and I was able to snooze for 30 more minutes, but it was time to get ready since Patrick was going to pick up our stuff at 7:45 AM.  By the time he showed up and we were ready to ride to the RV park, the rain had stopped although the ground was still wet.  We road to the park ate breakfast, and we were all ready to ride by 9:10 AM.

Today is only around 62 miles, so not too bad.  Plus, the wind is forecasted to be out of the west when most of the day we are headed east...bonus!

Leaving the RV park

The weather was perfect and the sky was blue.  The plan was to stop at mile 15 for the first stop that would be just a roadside stop. As luck would have it, Jackie got a flat exactly at the 15 mile point.  As I was just a few day ago, Jackie felt pretty frustrated that she had a flat yesterday and now today.  Flats suck, but they are part of riding.

Bill and Jim work on Jackie's flat

After a nice break for some of us, we hit the road and headed towards Fredericksburg.  This is the location of our next stop, at the 30 mile point.  We stopped at the Exxon just as we hit town and Jim said that he was having trouble shifting, so the next stop was the local bicycle shop.  Amazingly, with 5 bicycles, this is the first time one of our bicycles is in a bicycle shop for repairs.

Jim's bicycle up on the rack

They guy knew what was wrong, but didn't have the part to fix it, so he mended it the best he could and we were on our way to the next stop...a brewery just 5 miles away.

Flight of beer at Altstadt Brewery

After Tim and my obligatory flight and a pretzel at this German-themed brewery, we were all ready to get back on the road and meet Patrick at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Park.

Welcome to LBJ Ranch

To tour the entire LBJ ranch it was a 7-8 mile bicycle ride.  We decided to take a very abbreviated tour and just visit the graveyard were LBJ and Lady Bird was buried. 

Lady Bird and LBJ side-by-side

We were then on our way to Johnson City and the Pecan Street Brewery that is there.  Tim and I had been there before, so we didn't need to do the flight.  It was happy hour so beers were flowing and were $1 off. 
​Tomorrow we are 

Pecan Street Brewery

After a couple of beers it was time to find our way to the RV park that was luckily only 1.2 miles away.  We somehow negotiated our way there and enjoyed an easy evening where everyone made/found their own dinner from the leftovers in the fridge.

​Tonight, Mel, Bill, Tim, and I are sharing a cabin.  I of course am on the top bunk although I really don't mind it.  I just hope that Tim will be able to sleep through the "night noises" made by Bill throughout the night since last time we shared a cabin, Tim didn't get much sleep.  The good news it that we have only about 50 miles to ride to get into Austin tomorrow were we are staying in an AirBnB and have Friday off from riding.  We are all looking forward to it, especially Mary since her fiancé is flying in to meet her.  With that in mind, I don't think Mary is going to get much sleep tonight.